The Alaska frontier . tional proof of how farsouth the negotiators of the treaty of 1825 in-tended that the Russian lisiere should extend whenthey used the phrase, la dite ligne remontera aunord le long de la passe dite Pordand Channel,jusquau point de la terre ferme ou elle atteint le56 degre de latitute nord, is clearly shown by Van-couvers chart upon which he inscribed the name- Portland Canal. ^« Time passed. In 1871, British Columbia becamea part of the Dominion of Canada. And from 1872to 1884 Canada, by a number of acts and maps,recognized the validity of the American claims toan unbroke
The Alaska frontier . tional proof of how farsouth the negotiators of the treaty of 1825 in-tended that the Russian lisiere should extend whenthey used the phrase, la dite ligne remontera aunord le long de la passe dite Pordand Channel,jusquau point de la terre ferme ou elle atteint le56 degre de latitute nord, is clearly shown by Van-couvers chart upon which he inscribed the name- Portland Canal. ^« Time passed. In 1871, British Columbia becamea part of the Dominion of Canada. And from 1872to 1884 Canada, by a number of acts and maps,recognized the validity of the American claims toan unbroken strip or lisiere upon the continentalshore. In 1872, Sir Edward Thornton, acting on his in-structions from the British Foreign Office, which wasserving as the intermediary for the Government ofCanada, proposed to Secretary Hamilton Pish, the ad- V *^ A Chart showing part of the Coast of N. W. America with the tracks of His Majestys Sloop Discovery and Armed TenderChatham commanded by George Vancouver: London, Brums Map of 1839: Nouvelle Carte de lAm6riqueSeptentrionale. MAP No. 20. 84 THE ALASKA FRONTIER. visability of having a survey made of the territorythrough which the boundary ran, so that the frontiercould be located exactly, and Mr. Fish thought wellof the idea and said that he would urire Congressto provide funds for such a survey. On December 2d, 1872, President Grant, in hisannual message to Congress, said, after referring tothe then recent settlement of the San Juan boundarydispute: ^^ Experience of the difficulties attending the de-termination of our admitted line of boundary, afterthe occupation of the territory and its settlement bythose owing allegiance to the respective Govern-ments, points to the importance of establishing, bynatural objects or other monuments, the actual linebetween the territory acquired by purchase fromRussia and the adjoining possessions of Her Britan-nic Majesty. The region is now so sparsely occupiedthat no conflicting interests
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